(About 50 species.) England, 1586.
DESCRIPTION. FAMILY
_Height_, 3 to 6 feet. _The same as the_ Jerusalem Cherry,
_Leaves,_ lance-ovate, and running Petunia,
down the stem. Potato,
_Stem,_ hairy and sticky. Tomato,
_Flowers,_ funnel-shaped and Egg-plant,
purplish. Red pepper, etc.
HOW MADE READY FOR USE.
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Cut-off above the roots. Flavored and scented.
Dried. Rolled for cigars.
Stripped; sorted. Pressed for chewing.
Packed, and sold to the Ground for snuff.
manufacturers.
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THE POISON IN TOBACCO AND THE HARM IT DOES.
_THE POISON._--What is the poison in fermented liquors?--"Alcohol." In
distilled liquors?--"Alcohol" True; and the strongest poison in tobacco is
_nicotine_, named from the man who first sent it to France, Jean Nicot.
Beside this it contains several others, some of which we shall tell you
about when we make up our blackboard outline.
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